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IBM Travelstar?
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When is IBM's recently announced 60GB Travelstar due out? It was announced about a month ago or more, but I have yet to see them for sale. Anybody have info on this? Also how much they'll cost?
Thanks!
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Originally posted by SMacSteve:
<STRONG>When is IBM's recently announced 60GB Travelstar due out? It was announced about a month ago or more, but I have yet to see them for sale. Anybody have info on this? Also how much they'll cost?
Thanks!</STRONG>
It's not a 60gb that was announced, it was a new series of drives named 60GXP. It's the next model up from the 75GXP, which many people had problems with.
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No, he's referring to this:
(from http://www.storage.ibm.com/hdd/press/20011107.htm)
San Jose, Calif., Nov. 7, 2001 -- IBM today unveiled a trio of heavyweight hard disk drive products with enhanced capabilities and industry-best features for the high-performance desktop, mobile and new blade server segments.
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Next up: the Travelstar 60GH and 40GN family. The Travelstar 60H, at 60 GB and 5400 RPM, is the industry's highest-capacity, highest-performing 2.5-inch notebook drive. The 40GN offers 40, 30, 20 and 10 GB capacities at 20 GB per disk and spinning at 4200 RPM. As a family, the Travelstar enables the longest battery life among leading notebook drives and maintains its "quietest" drive title with IBM's Drive Noise Suppression System continued across the new product line.
Sorry, I haven't heard anything about them yet  I'd keep an eye out for them on pricewatch.com...
--J
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Hmm..highest capacity, fastest, lowest battery use, and quietest drive? Not bad 
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Gene,
thanks for correcting me. I apologise for my error.
I hadn't realized we were talking about laptop drives, because I completely overlooked the title of the topic.
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Well, I installed a 32 GB 5400 rpm Travelstar in my TiBook not more than a week ago, so the topic caught my eye. Having just been in the market, I remembered that press release. I have a feeling they're going to replace the 48 gig drives at the top of the price tiers, so I'd expect them to be close to 400 AmeriBucks. The drive I just put in was only $179, so if you need space, that's a pretty good price...
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